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Tourmaline, Albite (Var: Cleavelandite)

Locality: Pederneira claim, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Tourmaline on Cleavelandite (17,5cm x 10cm x 7,5cm)
Mario Pauwels collection , Joaquim Callen photo.

Perfectly balanced and outstanding polychrome Tourmaline on a very appealing and contrasting white Cleavelandite matrix. The specimen was collected in 2001 and came out of the 'Afghan Pocket'. This picture has been featured in the book "Nature's Garden of Crystals" on page 114, and is also featured in the "Mineral Up" kalendar june 2010.

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Photo added: 12th Oct 2010

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